ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Subject pronoun

Ok kiddo, I'm going to teach you about subject pronouns!

Subject pronouns are just fancy words for the words we use to talk about ourselves and other people at the beginning of a sentence. They tell us who is doing the action in the sentence.

For example, if I say, "I am eating a banana," the subject pronoun "I" tells you that I am doing the action of eating.

Here are all of the subject pronouns we use:

- I (like in the example I gave)
- You (when we are talking to someone)
- He (when we are talking about a boy or man)
- She (when we are talking about a girl or woman)
- It (when we are talking about something that is not a person, like an animal or an object)
- We (when we are talking about a group of people, including ourselves)
- They (when we are talking about more than one person or group)

So, when we talk or write, we use these words to help us know who is doing what!
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